"Startups are the foundation of a resilient local economy. After our successful start-up policy, it is now the City’s priority to allow these start-ups to develop into scale-ups. Within 5 years, Antwerp wants to occupy a place in the European top 10 scale-up cities."
INHABITANTS
527,461
Amount of Startups & Scaleups
500+
FAST GROWING VENTURES
Cyborn
Gaming
Unifly
FOUNDED: 2015
AEROSPACE
AEROSPACE
Rombit
FOUNDED: 2012
IoT
IoT
Antwerp is part of
Global Startup Competition
The Global Startup Competition consists of 12 themed competitions. Antwerp is part of the Open theme, but main topics are:
Health
Smart Cities, Mobility & Logistics
Energy Transition & Cleantech
Smart Industry
00. Preparations
Hold on tight! Not much longer until startups can apply.
01. Nominations
We are live! Contracts have been sealed, pencils have been sharpened. Apply for the online competition!
02. Online voting
Let the voting begin! Vote for your favourite startup to earn them a spot among the best.
03. Winner announcement
The moment we have all been waiting for. During this stage, we find out who the winner is and will be joining us at the Global Meetup
Congratulations to Qpinch
Qpinch received a ticket towards the Global Meetup. Qpinch will join 100+ other startups for the best opportunities at the Global Meetup.
We thank our Champion Jury members
Runner-ups
Ecosystem
City of Antwerp
BlueChem
The Beacon
Blue Health Innovation Center
IMEC.istart